Imagine losing your son in one of the busiest train stations in the world, then searching for him for five years. That’s the opening of Little Wonder, the Oprah’s Book Club pick from Sophie Chen Keller, and we got to talk to her about all of it.
Sophie tells us the story of getting the call from Jenna Bush Hager and Oprah while bouncing a sick baby on a yoga ball, and how her Love Island binge as a new mom brought her back to the piano. We get into Song and River’s story: a single mother, her piano prodigy son, the stage fright, the synesthesia, and the found family that keeps the book from breaking your heart completely. Plus, Sophie shadowed a Beijing food delivery worker for her research, and she explains the candied sweet potatoes we can’t stop thinking about.
If you loved Demon Copperhead or All the Light We Cannot See, Sophie says this one’s for you. Grab your blanket, put on Debussy’s Arabesque No. 1, and come hang out.
(00:00) Lost in Beijing (04:20) The Oprah call (11:39) Love Island and classical (22:37) Candied sweet potatoes (24:15) Shadowing a delivery worker (30:11) Debussy and book recs
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